Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

UPMC Central Pennsylvania, a hospital that in 2021 achieved Stage 7, the top of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, has been a leader in telemedicine, with more than two dozen robust virtual care programs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 1, 2020

"Not only have patients been affected by their lack of internet or devices to support virtual visits, but also by their providers’ lack of broadband connectivity, equipment, and electronic medical record and electronic health record system capacity limitations," they continued. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 23, 2020

Department of Health and Human Services, said Bordenick, have allowed individuals suffering from COVID symptoms to get virtual treatment. But the waivers have fulfilled another important function: "It's allowed individuals to manage their non-COVID treatment," such as cancer treatment, mental health care and diabetes management.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 23, 2022

HIPAA encourages the use of electronic medical records and includes standards for protecting PHI. Keeping up with the rising number of COVID-19 patients while continuing care for the public has left clinicians and IT leaders with a lot more to keep track of (not to mention some serious burnout.) In the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 2, 2021

In this 11th installment in Healthcare IT News ' Health IT Lessons Learned in the COVID-19 Era feature series, we speak with three health IT leaders from points across the map, including: Dr. Andrew W. Burchett, chief medical information officer at Avera Health, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 17, 2023

After the expiration of the COVID-19 PHE, analysts predict a potential loss of health insurance coverage for as many as 15 million Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollees, ages 12 -64. And an analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation found Medicaid/CHIP enrollment increased 29% from February 2020 to November 2022.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility. This became possible thanks to electronic health records, telemedicine, and cloud solutions. Software developers and applications collaborating with medical institutions are also obliged to adhere to these laws.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility. This became possible thanks to electronic health records, telemedicine, and cloud solutions. Software developers and applications collaborating with medical institutions are also obliged to adhere to these laws.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Stony Brook Medicine health system, which, before COVID-19, had already grown from a two-hospital system to a four-hospital system with the inclusion of Eastern Long Island Hospital and Southampton Hospital, reflects a diverse and geographically widespread patient population of more than 1.4 The opportunities telemedicine provides.

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Healthcare Law Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In July 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert alerting practitioners to exercise caution when entering into arrangements with telemedicine companies. Leveraging AI can enable faster scans and shorter wait times while eliminating unnecessary manual work.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 8, 2022

However, COVID-19 surges accelerated widespread telehealth adoption, as many couldn't leave their homes or were not comfortable coming to a doctor's office. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. " David Fletcher, Geisinger. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 25, 2023

Together with the innovation in reimbursement models for remote patient monitoring, a path to adoption of RPM as a core component of medical management of health conditions emerged. Perhaps the biggest driver in recent RPM adoption was the COVID-19 pandemic. RPM enabled providers to continue to support patient care from afar.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

Where we physically lived in 2020 transformed into sites for the many daily verbs in our lives: working, learning, praying, cooking/baking/dining, exercising, and indeed, self-caring for wellness and medical care. This can result in lower costs and, to be sure, lowering our risks to exposure to COVID-19.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Yann Fleureau, CEO of Cardiologs, said: "Since the coronavirus crisis began, medical centers have been quick to realize the challenges they face in managing care for patients with cardiac conditions, including the time it takes to read and assess the growing number of ECGs being processed. UK GOV LAUNCHES CONSULTATION ON DATA REFORMS.

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Hall Render

JUNE 3, 2022

COVID-fatigued health workers are mobilizing. Doctors, nurses risked their lives to battle COVID. Alaska’s COVID-19 data shows little change from last week. Borough accepting bids on former Wrangell Medical Center. Arizona COVID-19 cases continue to increase. Hospital revenues plummet.

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